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We did. We paid Lawler almost 300 k on his last contract and quite frankly he isn’t worth even close to it.

Not that surprised. I kind of saw the writing on the wall with the signing of Mitchell and then signing Schoen Even at a pay cut we’re spending a lot of money on our receiving core. We’ll probably bring in a second tier reciever and hope we can bring in the next Schoen or Wilson In training camp.

Elks say we don’t need no stinking scouts. There’s CFL ready players available in free agency.

Yep Loften struggled early on but by the end of the season I thought he was pretty excellent. Would have been a big hole to fill.

They like their washed up Calgary Stampeders.

Yeah our lack of an explosive returner and poor punting actually cost us close games early in the season. No doubt we would have had at minimum two or three extra wins if we had Grant on our roster.

Still wouldn’t be surprised if we bring in an established DT as well. I’m hoping this will be the return of running a rotation in the D Line which made us so dominant in our first two grey cup runs.

Nice! One of those under the radar moves.

They’ve done a fine job of retaining. Chungh left 6 years ago to go home and became the highest paid guard in the league, Couture was a pretty good Center who got injured and lost his job, Richardson was a huge loss but with his injury issues he never really played much after leaving winnipeg, Sayles was a rotation player for us before taking a big contract in Hamilton. Admittedly he ended up being a good football player, Lawler took the money but came back, and ill give you Grant, that one stings but in the end of the day you’re not going to be able to keep everybody in the one year contract era, especially when you’ve had five grey cup appearances in a row. People want to get theirs, but I think Walters has done a good job mostly of retaining who he can.

Yeah more money allocated in a position of need. Ford is great but we have an outstanding secondary.

I was just being facetious, I was aware he signed a long time ago.

I can’t confirm but I think perhaps he was the first person we signed. Might need further confirmation though.

Yeah Schoen took a pay cut but with his injuries In the past two seasons he may need to take a hair less again, Lawler absolutely needs to take a cut, no way we can pay him almost 300 k

That’s too bad. Seemed like the Bombers liked him, he hung on most of the season and was signed to a futures contract.

Stamps released a pair of their starting D-Line from last season including Mike Rose. Calgary has had a terrible D the last couple of seasons but one thing I’ve noticed is they do a decent job of getting at the QB. Rose is still a good player, I wonder if the Bombers would consider bringing him in.

I’m willing to give Walters the benefit of the doubt, we don’t have the finished product yet. If we’re going to be players in free agency something has to give. Glad we’re trimming the fat a little bit. I’ll reserve judgment on Thomas and Wilson because I don’t know the salary implications. And that’s with me believing we should have moved on from both, but if they were willing to take a cut because they know there future is limited then I can live with that. As long as there’s a plan to trust our scouting and be a player in free agency I’ll trust Walters plan.

I love Zach and his game but how many times did I see on those long interceptions into double coverage when they showed the reply they had a wide open guy around the first down yardage marker. It seems like mid season because of necessity we had to switch to throwing quicker short passes, but as soon as our receiving core got healthier and our line started playing better he went back to the deep ball. Worked great against Saskatchewan but terribly against a good secondary like Toronto’s.

I think people are selling Kramdi short. He only continues to get better over time. He’s an excellent tackler, and while not outstanding in coverage I’ve seen him hold his own, I’ve seen specific plays of him covering other teams best players in the red zone and making plays on the ball, not to mention he has extremely high football IQ he seems to always be in the right place at the right time. The only downside I see in his game is that he’s maybe a little slow in coverage. I have seen a few plays where he’s just a split second behind but with the right passport and what I believe he brings to the team I think he’s a very valuable piece of the D

I don’t know he did a lot of heavy lifting early on, and was great in the 2019 run in the playoffs. We literally went from a 5 win team to a contender the season he joined us. I know there’s a lot of factors at play but having a Canadian running back who can run for tough yards and have an impact in the catching game was foreign to us at the time it’s just something we take for granted. after having guys like Grigsby and Cameron Marshall at the RB position, Harris’s arrival was a big deal.

He also said he could play for another 20 years. Completely delusional.

Correct. 2017 Nichols maybe but 2019 Nichols was a shell of his former self. Zach pumped life into the Bombers going into the playoffs. Coming from behind to beat Calgary in the season finale gave the team confidence we could beat them again when it mattered, because at that time the stamps were the Bombers of the CFL and we often came up short against them but in big games up to that point.

I’m hoping Thomas is just insurance for Lawson this year. We need three Americans on the DLine and if Thomas is getting limited reps and his salary reflects that I can get behind it, otherwise man oh man…

I hate how the CFL does its schedule. Like 9 teams In the league, 3 bye weeks, 18 regular season games, i know it can’t be perfect but every team should be able to get a bye every 6-9weeks. We play 11 games in a row between our second and last bye. Absolutely idiotic.

I absolutely hate having a week one bye!!

100 percent agreed. IF they used him like they did in 2019 I would have less problems with this. I guess the silver lining is hopefully Lawson is back and healthy and Thomas is regulated to a rotational role but even when it’s all said and done If the Bombers we’re serious about change guys like Thomas and Gauthier would be long gone.